Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the numbers of properties which have registered for the household tax per local authority administrative area, the number of waivers granted per local authority area and the number of cases where more than one property was registered. [2512/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 provides the legislative basis for the Household Charge. Under the Act, an owner of a residential property on the liability date was liable to pay the Household Charge, unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver. It is a matter for an owner of a residential property to determine liability and pay the Charge. The Local Government Management Agency is administering the Household Charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all county and city councils. The following table details the total number of payments and waivers registered for the Household Charge nationally and by local authority area on 18 January 2012.

I understand, from data provided by the Agency, that as of 18 January the total number of accounts to which more than one unit has been registered for the Household Charge is 784. However, as the system is based on a self-declaration format it permits a person to set up several accounts, each in respect of separate properties or sets of properties, and therefore such figures should be treated with appropriate caution.